Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney says she won’t resign her seat in spite of an overwhelming censure from her state’s Republican party. She had the temerity to vote for former president Trump’s impeachment. She said her position is one of conscience and that Trump violated the Constitution. It makes no difference whether Cheney was right. She […]
Posted on February 8th, 2021 by admin
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Early opinion polls focused on President Biden and the job he is doing are barely in the favorable category. He receives approval from Democrats and Independents but negative reviews from Republicans. With the Senate split evenly, Biden is on thin ice in getting his agenda through. He will need all the negotiation and cross-aisle skills […]
Posted on February 7th, 2021 by admin
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In a faux democracy, there isn’t a diverse audience to persuade and to reconcile in legislative bill-passing. The targeted group is but one — the military. Or, at least that is the case in Myanmar where generals staged a coup yesterday and shut down the country by cutting communications, the internet and roadways. The country’s […]
Posted on February 6th, 2021 by admin
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Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old British activist, set out to complete laps in his garden with his walker in order to raise money for COVID relief. His goal was 1,000 pounds. But when his venture received publicity, he raised a total of 39 million pounds. Sir Moore died ironically of COVID and has been […]
Posted on February 6th, 2021 by admin
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Former President Trump’s lawyers are planning to side step the issue of Trump’s involvement in the Jan.6 riot and to focus on the constitutionality of his impeachment trial. It’s a long-standing ploy to ignore events and focus instead on the law. The consensus now is that they will get away with it and Republicans won’t […]
Posted on February 5th, 2021 by admin
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When reality doesn’t go the way a fervent believer expects, it is time to buy into a new theory or to break away and see the world as it is. That is what happened to this QAnon disciple. She believed the conspiracies until their prediction that Biden wouldn’t be sworn in proved to be wrong. […]
Posted on February 5th, 2021 by admin
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Scientists are well aware of human psychology bending results to fit beliefs. It is subtle and unconscious twisting of perception. So, they go to extreme lengths to keep data clean until the end of an experiment. This is why a muon experiment at Fermilab in Illinois has taken on a “cloak and dagger” aura with […]
Posted on January 30th, 2021 by admin
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Retail investors worldwide have pushed the stock price of Gamestop to frothy heights, which can’t be sustained in the long run. Hedge funds that shorted the stock are taking huge losses. Little guys are bleeding Wall Street insiders. This is going to end badly, however, and plenty of investors are going to be hurt. The […]
Posted on January 29th, 2021 by admin
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Senate Republicans backed a failed effort to stop the Trump impeachment trial. Will voters remember that in 2022, or will it be one more action in Congress they forget? Much of politics has the mantra, “What have you done for me lately?” Voters care less about political maneuvers and more about their pocketbooks. Barring Trump […]
Posted on January 28th, 2021 by admin
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Predictions for ice melting around the globe have been too conservative according to recent studies. This is directly affecting sea-level rise and putting coastal areas of the globe in danger. The question one should ask is how to convince the billions of inhabitants on this earth that ice melting is a problem that requires immediate […]
Posted on January 26th, 2021 by admin
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